Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
The General Assembly Hold Secret
Session-All Reporters Excluded.
The Interest in the Resolution Favor
ing the Anarchists Increasing.
TIE LABOR CONVENTION.

Large Attendance at the Morning Meeting
Report Of the Credentials Committee Con-
sidered- General Matters.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4-There were but
few unoccupied seats when the general
assembly of the Knights of Labor was
called TO order this morning. AS there Is
a prospect of warm debates, it IVES de-
cided not to admit representatives of the
press. Among the women delegates are
Mrs. Severance, of Milwaukee,; Mrs.
Maria Todd, of Michigan; Mrs. Mary
Hannafn, of Philadelphia; Mrs Hale, of
New Jersey, and Mrs. Lenora NJ. Barry,
of New YORK.
The report of the committee on creden-
tials was submitted. The discussion will
probably consume the entire day. Mr..
Powderly said this morning that the
convention would probably last three
weeks.
The opponents of the executive board.
as the anti Powderly faction now char.
acterize themselves, are working hard to-
day. Their latest grievance is tAat a
number of stenographers and clerks,
who are not members of the order, have
been given employment OF the general
headquarters at Philadelphia 1t will
also be charged that the executive quar-
tiers has not complied with the letter of
the law relating to expenditures, although
no orookedney. is alleged.
Interest in the resolution in favor Of
the condemned anarchists continues to
increase, and while the Chicago delega
ton has won over many of he delegates
tpbg of frat n IA
GRAFTON, they have failed with others who
are noted for their eloqnence and conserv-
Etive disposition, and numerous points
of order will be made as soon as the
subject is sprung. Among those outside
OF Chicago who will support the cause
of the condemned men are William X.
Fox, of d. A. As, who says they did not
have fair trial and that the evidence did
not warrant the verdict; j. NJ. Blcomer,
of The Toledo News; largely circulated
labor paper, who thinks they should be
sent to jail, but not to the gallows; p. H.
McCabe, of ID. A. II, who is opposed to
capital punishment under any circumstau-
ces; Hugh McGaryey, of district 1876, (the
miners district), who says there was no
evidence to warrant the verdict, and John
May, of district 100, who says they should
not be hanged without assigning his
reasons. All these men are good takers
aud they will take the floor in support of
the proposition TO be submitted by
Schilling
The affairs of the cooperative board
will furnish food for considerable debate
Despite the fact that the body has failed
to touch a single dollar Of the appropriG-
ton of $4,000 granted at the Richmond
convention, and has moreover prepared
an elaborate and valuable report, 1t has
numbers of opponents. They contend
that its Capitalization features are obnox-
ious; that a majority of the authority of
the order is vested in it, and that a rasi-
cal change is in order to diyest it of some
of its Objectionable features.
After partial reading of the report of
the committee on credentials inquiries of
the delegates developed the fact that in
consequence of several late additions TO
the list, the document Lao not been com
pleted. An adjournment was therefore
ordered until 3 p. IN.